Colin Powell endorses Obama; Sununu, McCain go nuts
Yesterday, Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for president, explaining that he believes the incumbent has done a good job on the economy given the situation he was handed. As a former secretary of state and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell also took serious issue with the foreign policy stances of Obama’s opponent, Mitt Romney, saying that ” I’m not quite sure which Governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy”:
“One day he has a certain strong view about staying in Afghanistan, but then on Monday night he agrees with the withdrawal. Same thing in Iraq. On almost every issue that was discussed on Monday night, Governor Romney agreed with the President with some nuances. But this is quite a different set of foreign policy views than he had earlier in the campaign. And my concern, which I’ve expressed previously in a public way, is that sometimes I don’t sense that he has thought through these issues as thoroughly as he should have, and he gets advice from his campaign staff that he then has to adjust to modify as he goes along.
INTERVIEWER: Are you concerned about the people that are advising Governor Romney?
POWELL: I think there’s some very, very strong neo-conservative views that are presented by the Governor that I have some trouble with. There are other issues as well, not just the economy and foreign policy. I’m more comfortable with President Obama and his administration when it comes to issues like what are we going to do about climate, what are we going to do about immigration? What are we going to do about education? Lots of things like that. I do not want to see the new Obamacare plan thrown off the table. It has issues, you have to fix some things in that plan. But what I see when I look at that plan is 30 million of our fellow citizens will now be covered by insurance. And I think that’s good. We’re one of the few nations in the world, with our size, population and wealth, that does not have universal health care.”
To which John Sununu, top surrogate for Mitt Romney replied:
“When you take a look at Colin Powell, you have to look at whether that’s an endorsement based on issues or he’s got a slightly different reason for endorsing President Obama. I think when you have somebody of your own race that you’re proud of being president of the United States, I applaud Colin for standing with him.”
Earlier in the day, Sen. John McCain lashed out at Powell as well.
“I think one of the sad aspects of his career is going to the United Nations Security Council and telling them things about Iraq that were absolutely false,” McCain said, going on to tell Powell that “you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy even further by defending what has clearly been the most feckless foreign policy in my lifetime.”
UPDATE: Just in case anybody thought McCain merely had a bad moment, he repeated his childish little sniping today:
“Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq,” McCain said, standing outside of an American Legion hall. “But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.”
Sununu’s statement, which he later tried to back down, is deeply troubling. No one alive today possesses Powell’s level of experience at the highest levels of military and foreign policy, yet Sununu attempts to reduce him to a one-dimensional cartoon character motivated solely by racial affinity.
But personally, as I indicated yesterday in comments, McCain’s statement is more unforgivable. For whatever reason, Powell did indeed mislead the United Nations in his presentation regarding Iraq’s alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction, and he has acknowledged that as a blot on his record. But McCain was selling the WMD angle every bit as hard if not harder than Powell. Nobody in Congress was lobbying harder for an invasion of Iraq. Here is McCain in 2002:
Given that record, McCain’s swipe at Powell for his UN presentation comes off as extremely petty, utterly without dignity or integrity. It reveals the smallness of the man who uttered it. All in all, what McCain and Sununu have said tells us much more about their own character than it does about Powell.
– Jay Bookman
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Erwin's cat
October 26th, 2012
3:06 pm
Buford T. Justice – There’s no way, *no* way that you came from *my* loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I’m gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth!
luvmyposition
October 26th, 2012
3:25 pm
why are you all arguing over something thats so clear, it is what it is. that was a racist comment that he made.so get over it. this nation was so far in the hold everyone is saying in four years he didnt do anything,its going to take a decade to come out for what rep did to us..and Romney invested in outsource job too OMG.
JKL2
October 26th, 2012
3:25 pm
getalife- I think they will go our President’s way since he won the debates.
1 getting your a$$ severely kicked + 2 toss ups = Victory!
(insert comment about GA education system here)
pete
October 26th, 2012
3:27 pm
More info out today about Benghazi. Getting worse for the liar-in-chief. He will not escape this one. 4 Americans dead, and Obama is busy out trying to get re-elected instead of doing the job he was elected to do. If, and that is a HUGE if, he is re-elected, how long will he stay in office? There is blood in the water, and the media that has been so kind to him for 4 years are starting to circle. Man…this is getting better and better every day. I like to watch Obama, his minions, and his supporters squirm.
Edward
October 26th, 2012
3:32 pm
What a shame. Colin Powell, a once relevant and respected voice in politics, has become a blind fool. We know exactly what we will get with another 4 years of Obama; self-serving, arrogant, and egotistical rhetoric. Obama is a campaigner in chief, not a leader. He could care less about this country’s future. He only cares about his own. It was obvious from his first day in office that Obama was in over his head and lacked any understanding of how to lead this country. Obama has failed miserably. Let’s try somebody else!
midtownguy
October 26th, 2012
3:40 pm
Isn’t perspective funny. What Edward just said about Obama, sounds almost identical to what I would have said about Bush at the end of his first term. Interesting.
Mama Says
October 26th, 2012
3:41 pm
yet another hypocrital story by Jay,
in Jays world–where the libs live, the big bad wolves are all republicans. The liars are never democrats and all known bias exsist on the right.
Odd how you preach love and tolerence on the left yet you never practice it toward those who differ in thought from you. 98 % of African Americans vote for obama and its just a coencedence, 52% of white America voted for Obama yet now if they dont they are all racist, how can that truly be the case ? especially when the 98% of the blacks are not. you liberals have to be the most double standard people on the face of the planet.
must be nice to have the perfect party. no racist no liars and nothing bad.
Smokewagon
October 26th, 2012
3:47 pm
Libya is Obama’s Watergate no matter how much you or the media deny it.
LydiasDad
October 26th, 2012
3:47 pm
Where were you when Powell was called an “Uncle Tom” by the left? Silent I’ll bet.
LydiasDad
October 26th, 2012
3:48 pm
Where were you when Condy Rice was called the “House Negro” by the left? Silent I’m sure.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
3:51 pm
Who on the left called Powell an Uncle Tom, Lydia’s Dad? Was it the Dem equivalent to the top spokesman for Romney, or was it some obscure, even anonymous blogger?
It makes a difference you know.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
3:53 pm
And a month from now “BenghaziGate” will be all but forgotten. You guys wouldn’t know a major scandal if it walked up to wearing a sign reading “major scandal.” We do need to determine what went wrong there and try to prevent it in the future, but you folks are trying and failing miserably at turning it into something it isn’t.
Joan
October 26th, 2012
3:54 pm
I’ve always sensed that both Colin Powell and Barack Obama were good, caring, brilliant men, and perhaps too idealistic for politics. I’m Canadian so have no horse in this race, although I’m aware that the results will have a major influence on the world.
Lee
October 26th, 2012
3:55 pm
The election is virtually over and I think Obama knows it. Romney has ran a great campaign and we shall all see next week.
Lee
October 26th, 2012
3:55 pm
Colin Powell likes Obama. No news there. One half black affirmative action hack endorsing another half black affirmative action hack.
Sounds about right.
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October 26th, 2012
3:56 pm
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Lee
October 26th, 2012
3:57 pm
Hmmm, two Lee’s posting at the same time. What are the odds…
Not so much
October 26th, 2012
4:03 pm
I’ll bet it feels like his first time. Like, ya know?
pete
October 26th, 2012
4:07 pm
And a month from now “BenghaziGate” will be all but forgotten. You guys wouldn’t know a major scandal if it walked up to wearing a sign reading “major scandal.”
Jay, this is a major scandal to most folks, but the liberal left (like yourself) are choosing to ignore it because the media knows this will sink Obama. Unfortunately for you, this will not be forgotten. The MSM is in panic mode right now trying to cover this up and hope that no one sees this. Too late, and the polls are proving me correct. Now the question will be, should folks in this administration be charged with treason?
TIM BUCK
October 26th, 2012
4:08 pm
POWEEL IS A FOOL AT TIMES AND FOR HIM TO SUPPORT BARRY TELLS ME EVEN MORE…..GOD HAVE MERCY.
S
October 26th, 2012
4:08 pm
Mr. Powell is despicable, and McCain and Sununu were right.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
4:09 pm
“Now the question will be, should folks in this administration be charged with treason?”
Nice to see such a balanced, rational point of view expressed here ….
ncgreybr
October 26th, 2012
4:12 pm
Powell (black) supports Obama (black) and it’s racist. Yet Sununu (white) supports Romney (white) and that NOT racist?
pete
October 26th, 2012
4:13 pm
I know treason is a big word for most libs. Here is the definition;
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one’s government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. a violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or to one’s state.
3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
I think he is guilty of definition #2 and especially #3.
well aware of t he situation
October 26th, 2012
4:15 pm
Well, lets see..I do believe that the Whites enslaved the Blacks…Oh, that is not racist. So, now that Powell has issued a statement supporting President Obama… he should be lynched like a lot of Blacks in the past. If Blacks don’t do what you want them to do…then the overseer must punish them..ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE SLAVERY.
Cactus
October 26th, 2012
4:16 pm
The GOP continues to reveal its true nature, and we should be thankful for that in the days leading up to the election so we can all make an informed decision at the ballot box. Whether it’s comments on “legitimate rape” or God’s will that a woman was raped, Paul Ryan’s grossly misleading if not outright lies about President Obama, Mitt Romney’s flip flops and international gaffs or now attacks on General Powell, who is a very honorable man, we see the ugliness that many of us suspected but could not confirm. To reduce General Powell to a person who endorses candidates on the basis of their race is an insult to Powell and an indictment of the mentality of those who lead the GOP. Senator McCain always struck me as a heroic, patriotic figure, but his attack on Powell after his own complicity in the Weapons of Mass Destruction fiasco and his choice of an ignorant and self serving fool to be his running mate makes me question whether he was ever the man I thought he was. “Feckless” foreign policy? Could he recognize it if he saw it? This is the man who wanted to place Gov. Palin first in line to succeed to the presidency! Can someone with such obviously flawed judgment be counted on to comment on a matter of such importance? I fault President Obama for not having a plan for the next four years, and from what I have read he can be arrogant to the point of not listening to either his supporters or those who represent the GOP’s leadership. Hubris is contagious and it appears the virus has consumed “leaders” of both parties in Washington even more than it did in decades past. Where are the men and women who can agree to disagree in a civil way? Are those in leadership positions within the GOP and Democratic Party so convinced of their own superiority that it must always be “my way or the highway?” Have we forgotten how much might be gained by listening to those who see things differently than we do, regardless of party? I respect General Powell for trying to work within the Republican Party and Democratic Party and saying what he thinks in an honest and fearless way. I feel sure he was not surprised by the pettiness of Sununu and the duplicity of McCain given his experience assisting both gentlemen, but surely he must have been disappointed. I think the Governor and the Senator should be diminished in our sight for their actions and their statements, and I think President Obama should be held accountable for his lack of a plan for the next four years. There’s no excuse for that; it implies he thinks we non-academics can’t think critically or see the emptiness behind his powerful rhetoric. I do agree with General Powell that the President has done something about health care, a subject the GOP would never touch, and while Obamacare can be improved it is a step in the direction of saving all of us money by providing insurance for those who could not be covered earlier. I also believe he has restored respect for America among leaders throughout the world, rebuilding what President Bush destroyed through his “feckless” foreign policy. I also credit the President with doing what he could to rebuild our economy after his incompetent predecessor curried favor with the elite, his “base,” by cutting taxes for the wealthy and ultimately transferring more and more of the tax burden onto the middle class. The current president inherited a mess on virtually all fronts and now the people who brought us eight years of GWB and who would in a self righteous frenzy reduce women to vessels who cannot be trusted with their own bodies and who would further widen the gap between the haves and have nots (read 49 percent) want to get their country back. If they can all fit into Crawford, Texas and limit their influence to the confines of Bush Country, I am all for it. Perhaps that would contain at least one strain of the hubris virus that has obviously infected the Republican Party. I’m not sure where those carrying the Democratic strain need to go, but I don’t want it in my neighborhood.
pete
October 26th, 2012
4:19 pm
Jay, nice try at humor. Your guy is losing, get over it and yourself.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
4:21 pm
And what’s the traditional punishment for treason, Pete?
I guess what I’m asking is, should we hang him or should we shoot him?
independent thinker
October 26th, 2012
4:22 pm
Hey Cons -Just remember that headline in the London Daily Mirror after Bush won in 2004:
“”"”"”"”"59 MILLION IDIOTS”"”"”"”"”"”"”"
BullDawg Rick
October 26th, 2012
4:22 pm
Colin Powell was once revered in this country as a man of total integrity. No more…
The last election he endorsed Obama, as did MANY MANY people of all races, backgrounds. Heck, when he won I was OK with it, as he was charming, articulate, & seemingly had a plan for the betterment of this country…
However, to vote for the worse Prez since, (He!! he’s worse than Jimmy Carter!) before anyone in my lifetime (Eisenhower) and be a man that knows the facts. He’s doing so on skin color alone.. Oh but OBummer is not even a full Black man… He’s a half breed…
Memo to all:
Fool me once, shame on you (Voters for OBummer in ‘08)
Fool me twice, shame on me.. (Anyone voting for this spiraling decline & hand outs)
That is all!!
Give it back
October 26th, 2012
4:22 pm
This is probably the worst pick bush could have made it’s obvious the Colin Powle was hired for ethnic reasons he seen a easy way to the top in the republican party and took it.
pete
October 26th, 2012
4:28 pm
Don’t know Jay, maybe you should ask the families of the 4 dead Americans what should be done to the person responsible for the murder of their sons. You are the news guy here, why not go out and make some news.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
4:30 pm
Well, Pete, you just seem so certain about everything, I was sure that you had that final part of your little scenario plotted out as well.
Lee
October 26th, 2012
4:33 pm
Jay, HOW ABOUT JUST REPLACING HIM IN OFFICE.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
4:34 pm
And just in case anybody thought McCain just had a bad moment, he repeated his childish little sniping today:
“Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq,” McCain said, standing outside of an American Legion hall. “But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.”
Jay
October 26th, 2012
4:34 pm
Is that adequate punishment for treason, Lee?
I should think not!
pete
October 26th, 2012
4:38 pm
Well, here is 1 thing I am certain of. 4 dead Americans because we have a president more interested in getting re-elected.
Welcome to the Occupation
October 26th, 2012
4:42 pm
Buford T. Justice: ” If race doesn’t exist, can anyone be a racist?”
Yes.
pete
October 26th, 2012
4:42 pm
Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command — who also told the CIA operators twice to “stand down” rather than help the ambassador’s team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/#ixzz2ARLOqCmO
Welcome to the Occupation
October 26th, 2012
4:47 pm
Apparently Harry Reid has been involved in some kind of accident.
Jasonn
October 26th, 2012
4:58 pm
It’s a black thang. I just thought Colin Powell had more integrity than that, but then again he *did* lie about the WMD ahead of the Iraq invasion of 2003, eh?
Welcome to the Occupation
October 26th, 2012
4:58 pm
Boy, Obama keeps racking up the center-rightish newspaper endorsements. Now it’s the Tribune.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-endorsement-chicago-tribune-20121026,0,5462618.story
Ron Sponer
October 26th, 2012
5:10 pm
Nobody “lied” about the WMD issue. Everybody agreed Saddam had them including all the politicians in Washington, all the NATO countries and Saddam himself who used them on his own people! Bill Clinton mentioned a “Change of regime” in Irag which means, kill the leader. We did and President Bush was blamed. Then Obama continued Bush’s policies to include his time table to leave Iraq and Afghanistan! Ob actually became a tan colored Bush! Since he is definately NOT black, he is a tan Mulatto!
Charles Douglas Edwards
October 26th, 2012
5:18 pm
We agree with Colin Powell !!!
We support President Barack Obama 100%.
We pray and hope for his re-election.
Normal_Guy
October 26th, 2012
5:21 pm
Oh wow! Another black man endorsing Obama, despite dismal record of utter failure… How did we not see that one coming?
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (aka "Knuckle-Dragger")
October 26th, 2012
5:23 pm
“Childish little sniping” – you’re describing the supreme leader, right? That’s all president food stamps knows how to do. Powell would be off the Washington society “A” list, and thus miss alot of great parties, if he did not endorse emperor nero. Simple as that.
get rid of Obama on November 6th
October 26th, 2012
5:29 pm
You pitiful clowns who support the most inept and unqualified man to ever hold the office of our leader make me want to puke. If Obama wins a second term, I hope all you idiots have to eat him AND YOU WILL!!!!!!
Jay
October 26th, 2012
5:32 pm
Then go ahead and puke already, Nov. 6. Cheer up! You might even feel a lot better afterward.
Political Mongrel
October 26th, 2012
5:41 pm
Sununu and McCain have been nuts for a long time, so this is no news.
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
October 26th, 2012
6:00 pm
in Atlanta the so called crown jewell of the new south and Georgia the so call symbol state of the so called progressive south..AINT NOTHING CHANGED RACISM AT ITS WORST STILL IN THE OLE SOUTH FROM THESE POSTS SAD SO SAD IN 2012 AS A WHITE MIDDLE AGE WHITE MAN THAT LIVED THROUGH THAT ERA..sad to say nothing much has changed …why Atlanta and Georgia can still draw big business here with the 1950,s mentality is beyond me and possibly the reason the state has become so stagnant and CHARLOTTE AND NORTH CAROLINA IS ROLLIN AND NOW IS IN A BATTLEGROUND STATE STATUS…ANYONE CAN SEE ROMNEY IS FULL OF sH$$T!!!!!
aladawg
October 26th, 2012
7:08 pm
You get two of them together and you loose. Don’t even try to tell me that this isn’t about both of them being african.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
7:13 pm
Oh, no danger there, Aladawg.
We all are quite sure that it’s all about “both of them being african.”
Is it me are does Obama look like.......
October 26th, 2012
7:38 pm
How much longer before we vote this radical nut case out of office?
Is it me are does Obama look like.......
October 26th, 2012
7:45 pm
Jay,
Are you charging the AJC for Friday night over time comments? I hear they are financially bleeding! Too bad!
gm
October 26th, 2012
8:01 pm
Mitt can get endorsements from all the white nut jobs from Palin, Trump, but when the President get one from a 5 star General who has put his life on the line, there is a problem.
If he had endorse Mitt he would have been on every TV show, and we wonder why the rest of the world think white Americans are the racist people in the world.
Richard Christie
October 26th, 2012
8:48 pm
I have know General Powell since 1965 when he was in charge of the Pershing Rifles in NYC. I have watched his career bloom into the man that he is today. During my 25 years in the Army as a member of Military Intelligence I have always found Gen. Powell to be honest, reliable and one of the most outstanding military members that served this country. For Sinu to accuse him of his integrety by endorcement of Obama was only because of his race is completely false. Thank you Col Wilkerson for setting the record straight.
TomB
October 26th, 2012
9:46 pm
Jay at 3:53, 4:09, You are hack not worthy of the title journalist. Balanced Jay? Like you would know the term at all. We do know some things Jay. One, their was a predator with live intelligence feeds on the scene and email trails indicating a terrorist attack. Now, today we have sources on the ground stating someone(CIA?), we dont know telling our soldiers to stand down. Someone made that order, and because committing our military into Libya could violate their territory, only the President could make this decision. In addition, we know four days later when the body bags came home, that Clinton blamed the video in a ceremony for the deaths. Now, we know she said the same thing to the father of one of our dead. And, then for fourteen days all we heard was video, video video. I guess you just think we are all stupid to not think that this was all political.
Regarding Colin Powell, I could care less who he supports in this election. I lost all respect for this man who stood by during the Valarie Plame incident knowing full well his confidant the assistant secretary of state was the one who leaked the information. Months and months went by in an expensive federal investigation and the man says nothing. It’s a crime of the highest order in my opinion, and resulted in a man going to jail. I repeat Colin Powell knew the truth and said nothing. I don’t care what your politics are this is a disgrace. He is as dishonorable as they come…..Oh, but you get back to being balanced Jay.
Buford T. Justice
October 27th, 2012
12:02 am
@Ewrin’s Cat. “Well, I’ve said it before and I’m going to say it again… There ain’t no way, no way, that you could come from my loins.” S&B II. Good one.
@Welcome to the Occupation. REM or Cold War Kids reference? If plumbing didn’t exist could someone be a plumber? Can prejudice exist without racism existing? Subsitute prejudice and reconsider the questions. Disabusing ourselves of the notion of race is the first step toward changing minds and hearts. Read and ask questions and reexamine.
Crazy Uncle Joe Biden
October 27th, 2012
12:19 am
I ordered powell to use our troops in Iran.
Sharon
October 27th, 2012
5:00 am
This my fellow americans is history in the making. A nation of free people divided by race. Not a revelation but finally the spoken word from those who wish to divide us. It has been said over and over again only using terms like “take back America”, the infamous 47%. But,the best is the “go back to Kenya or Chicago”, and then the apology…forget the apology. You are who you are..RACIST!
elliot j. stamler
October 27th, 2012
11:37 am
This from a man who entirely supported and voted for our entry into Iraq and who gave our nation the gift of Sarah Palin.
FrancisK
October 27th, 2012
1:33 pm
Has Sununu forgotten that he is an ARAB that was not even born here in the US and he is playing the race card ?
Fedup
October 27th, 2012
3:26 pm
Oh, and I wonder why he endorsed Obama? Could it be race?
Obama is a total failure no matter what color he is. Period!
sacramento
October 27th, 2012
3:27 pm
Why is it ok to accuse whites of being racists,but it’s almost a sinof accusing blacks of the same thing?
Is it me are does Obama look like.......
October 27th, 2012
4:41 pm
I am sick of any color discussion in politics, the workplace wherever! I hire the best and the most qualified irregardless for my company. If you are smart, discipline, committed, you have a job. Dept of Labor came in and told me to hire a % of people of color and I said NO WAY, as a private co, I escorted to my front door!
I wish the Obama’s regime would stop with the race card. He has only been a problem for race relations. Come back MLK!
Concerned voter
October 27th, 2012
5:40 pm
If Obama and Collin Powell are not blacks, are they then Jews?
Concerned voter
October 27th, 2012
5:43 pm
Raising the race card is the technique to put people’s blood to boil and create animosity. It is not a path to prosperity or harmony….
George Reed
October 27th, 2012
5:58 pm
I think that the loneliness of being a forgotten relic of the past bothers Mc Cain and whenever he sees or hears an outstanding past member of the GOP in the news ,he feels neglected, and do to his senility only wrong things comes out of his mouth , so let us understand that whatever comes out of the mouth of man , is what is in his heart !!!!!
George Reed
October 27th, 2012
6:11 pm
People we know where Governor Romey Stands in this election , every slur he uses in the dark always seem to come to the light , he says certain things to a certain group of people behind closed doors but God always bring it to the light and it is written that (whatsoever is in a mans heart, so shall the lips speak ) WAKE UP EVERYBODY !!!!!!!!!!
Concerned voter
October 27th, 2012
6:27 pm
The extreme liberal democrats are taking this country to socialism or communism, or whatever you want to call it where government is expected to feed the lazy bunches like the mother bird feeds the little chicks.. The republicans could not find anyone other than the unstable flip-flopper to stand against this hurricane… It is really really sad and disgusting…
Concerned voter
October 27th, 2012
6:41 pm
Why blame McCain and Powell for the Iraq war?? How many democrats voted to go to war in Iraq? Where were their brains when they made those votes.. inside the south pole?
carol
October 27th, 2012
8:02 pm
Colin Powell apparently meets this hypothesis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxIHHw31qs
Mark Fulton
October 28th, 2012
1:01 am
Has a Democrat ever voted for a Republican. You would think by the way some are talking that Powell has become a traitor and is now in league with Satan to kill unborn Republican Evangelical Embryos. Good for Powell. BS to those who think he is voting on race. Forget about it. Focus on healthy debate. 2 different visions. One thing Romney points out. Attacking the man is not an agenda. Same goes for Powell. He laid out his reasons. I respect that.
hamiltonAZ
October 28th, 2012
1:26 am
The crime in this campaign is the strong liklihood that the Romney campaign deliberately tasked John Sununu to crank up the “they’re choosing based on race, so you can, too” frame.
hamiltonAZ
October 28th, 2012
1:29 am
“The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold. The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster. An ideological assault from the right has started to undermine the vital health reform law passed in 2010. Those forces are eroding women’s access to health care, and their right to control their lives. Nearly 50 years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, all Americans’ rights are cheapened by the right wing’s determination to deny marriage benefits to a selected group of us. Astonishingly, even the very right to vote is being challenged.”
For the rest of this endorsement, go to the NYTimes editorial page 10-27-12
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rosenberg
October 28th, 2012
2:38 am
Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP, As ‘Full Of Racists’ WHAT ABOUT THE ANTI-SEMITES AND TH0SE WHO THREATEND ME. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. SEE HUFFINGTON POST FOR RACIST REMARKS REGARDING ME. RABBI ROSENBERG
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October 28th, 2012
6:55 pm
Any one who doesn’t think that race didn’t have a major part of Obama being elected is living in LALA Land. So very many blacks who bragged that they had never, ever voted for President before, were very clear is stating that they were proud and honored to be voting for one of their own. I heard it in interviews time after time. They didn’t have a clue as to the Democratic platform, they didn’t know Obama’s views but they were going to vote for A Black man.!!!! So, this race remark by Sunumu is nothing new, it’s been going on since Obama first declared his candidacy for the 2008 election. Remember? Only those who are concerned that Obama won’t be re-elected are ready, willing and able to bring this up.
I am a black conservative business owner!
October 28th, 2012
7:49 pm
More people of color are voting early now. A very good friend who is black is so disappointed with all the chatter he is getting from friends of color. He said that he was amazed that people were voting purely based on Zobama is black. NO real understanding of what he stands for. He believes that they will be in further decline economically if Obama wins.
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Billy
October 30th, 2012
1:08 pm
I had admired Mccain until Today. No more